gawkbug - report a bug in gawk
gawkbug [
--version] [
--help] [
email-address]
gawkbug is a shell script to help the user compose and mail bug reports
concerning
gawk in a standard format.
gawkbug invokes the editor
specified by the environment variable
EDITOR on a temporary copy of the
bug report format outline. The user must fill in the appropriate fields and
exit the editor.
gawkbug then mails the completed report to
[email protected], or
email-address. If the report cannot be
mailed, it is saved in the file
dead.gawkbug in the invoking user's
home directory.
The bug report format outline consists of several sections. The first section
provides information about the machine, operating system, the
gawk
version, and the compilation environment. The second section should be filled
in with a description of the bug. The third section should be a description of
how to reproduce the bug. The optional fourth section is for a proposed fix.
Fixes are encouraged.
gawkbug will utilize the following environment variables if they exist:
- EDITOR
- Specifies the preferred editor. If EDITOR is not
set, gawkbug attempts to locate a number of alternative editors,
including vim, and if it must, emacs. If gawkbug
cannot locate any of the alternative editors, it attempts to execute
vi.
- HOME
- Directory in which the failed bug report is saved if the
mail fails.
- TMPDIR
- Directory in which to create temporary files and
directories.
-
gawk(1)
Brian Fox, Free Software Foundation
[email protected]
Chet Ramey, Case Western Reserve University
[email protected]
Arnold Robbins
[email protected]